A. Read the text and say where Bournemouth is located

b. Write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:

['Ьо:птэв] ____________ [sin] __

['prougrsm] ____________ [,kontr3'va:Jl]

['komenteits] ____________ [рю] __

['veanas] ____________ [ts 'jedju:l] __

[si:n] [ta 'skedju:!]

с Read the following questions for your group-mate to answer. Write down the answers:

1 'Is 'Bournemouth a 'sea

sort? 'What 'makes you

Л think so? ______________________

2 'Why are they con'structing a

'conference / centre in the town? _____________________

3 'Whose de» cision could it be, to -----------------------------------

your mind? ______________________

4 'How do 'people re'act to the

con» struction?

d. Use prepositions, if necessary, and make a few sentences of your own with the following:

to comment... smth to visit... a town

to come... a town to attract more people... a town

to bring more people... a town to paddle... the sea

the conference centre... construe- it does not make much difference

tion... me

I'm all in favour... it I'm all... it
it is good... trade

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e. Write out from the text the synonyms or synonymous expressions of the following:

a little bit less than two million it is planned to be opened _

people _______________

throughout the year

principal hail ____

to be expensive

f. Match the antonyms from these two groups of words:

busy

similar

quiet

foolish

absolutely the same

Make short sentences with some of the above words, e.g. This problem is highly contraversial.

g. Sort all the phrases and sentences used in the text for and against the construction of the Centre, into two columns:

for

It seems like sensible planning.

5. Visiting ancient Greece (from a tourist guide of Athens)

The Parthenon is the architectural masterpiece of ancient Greece. Even the time-ravaged remains that stand above Athens today ex­press the power and grace so brilliantly combined by its builders. The temples on the Acropolis were built after the Persian wars at the inspiration of Pericles to glorify Athens. And one of them was the Parthenon.

The Parthenon was built between 447 and 432 B.C. by architects Ictinus, Callicrates and Carpion, under the su­pervision of Phidias, to the oldest Greek order of build­ing, the Doric. The entabla­ture above the chunky, fluted columns includes sculptured blocks (metopes) showing battles between centaurs and Lapiths — semilegendary people of ancient Thessaly.

Many relics of the Parthenon were carried away to England by Lord Elgin from the spoils of the temple, as he alleged.

h. Imagine you are an English commentator reporting from another resort. Write what comments you would make for the viewers.

e.g. / am taking you to... We now see... Let us ask...

i. Be ready to play the role of the commentator and ask your group-mates to pay the other roles. Act out this episode adding some other sentences to express your points of view more explicitly.

j. Work in pairs

Imagine you live in Bournemouth and one day you are stopped in the street by a public opinion poll activist, who asks you to sign the petition For Good Resort. Act out this episode with your group-mate.

Exercises

a. Read the text and write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:

['emfsnt] ____________ [,sju:p3'vi3n]

['ma:stapi:s] ____________ ['kotom]

[,mspi'reijn] ____________ ['slovlptja]

['aikitekt] ____________ ['reliks]

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b. Read the following questions for your group-mate to answer. Write down the answers:

1 'What geographical 'names were -------------------------------------

'mentioned in the»text?

2 'What fa'miliar his'torical 'names ------------------------------------

did the 'text * mention?

3 'Did you 'know that the 'Parthenon ---------------------------------

is the 'most 'perfect 'Doric ______________________

/ temple?

4 'When was it Л built? _

5 'Who 1 built it? '

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